10:23 PM,
Apr. 30, 2013

Written by

Kristine Feggestad
For the Press

As a college mental health counselor, I see many students each semester who experience test anxiety. People who experience this type of anxiety describe such symptoms as racing heartbeat, rapid breathing, sweating, racing thoughts, gastrointestinal distress, etc.

They become so flooded with anxiety and stress in a test situation they find their mind goes blank and they are unable to retrieve information or learned material. Those with significant test anxiety may achieve lower test scores, a lower grade point average and lower self-esteem in addition to the higher stress levels and ...